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So here's us, on the raggedy edge. I crossed many states just to stand here now, my face all hot with tears / I crossed city, and valley, desert, and stream, to bring my body here — Woody Guthrie, Remember the Mountain Bed

September 14, 2005

Folow the Money, as the saying goes

This article doesn’t make reference to it, but the same fund that paid for this bridge could easily have been used (and was requested) to pay for the upgrade to New Orleans’ levees.
Salon.com News | A bridge to nowhere

While it’s probably impossible to say whether an upgrade would have improved New Orleans’ chances, it’s certain that the lack of improvement had disastrous consequences.

Posted by skooter at 9:06 AM This entry is filed under Politics.